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.TH "GIT\-REPARENT\-BRANC" "1" "05/07/2025" "depot_tools fab0a429" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-reparent-branch \- Alter the parentage (upstream) for the current branch\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit reparent\-branch\fR <new_parent>
\fIgit reparent\-branch\fR \-\-lkgr
\fIgit reparent\-branch\fR \-\-root
.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Change the \fIupstream\fR of the current branch, and then run \fBgit-rebase-update\fR(1) to move the commits in the current branch, as well as the commits in all descendant branches, onto the new parent\&.
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\fB<new_parent>\fR may be either a local branch, remote branch, OR a tag (such as \fBlkgr\fR)\&.
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This is particularly useful to reparent an independent CL to become dependent on another CL, or vice versa\&. This could happen if you started both on the assumption that they were independent, but later realized that this was not the case\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
<new_parent>
.RS 4
The new parent to set as the upstream for this branch\&. May be a branch ref or a tag\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-lkgr
.RS 4
Reparent to track lkgr\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-root
.RS 4
Reparent to track the
\fIroot\fR
branch\&. Defaults to
\fIorigin/main\fR\&. See
\fBgit-new-branch\fR(1)\*(Aqs CONFIGURATION VARIABLES section\&.\&.
.RE
.SH "SUGGESTED ALIASES"
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Some common short\-hand aliases\&. Feel free to add these to your \fI~/\&.gitconfig\fR file\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
[alias]
  rp = reparent\-branch
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBgit-rebase-update\fR(1), \fBgit-rename-branch\fR(1), \fBgit-new-branch\fR(1), \fBgit-upstream-diff\fR(1)
.SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS"
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Part of the chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite\&. These tools are meant to assist with the development of chromium and related projects\&. Download the tools by checking out the \m[blue]\fBgit repository\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
git repository
.RS 4
\%https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
.RE
